Striped Background Graduation Card
For my The Cutting Cafe project I used the new Paper Lace background cutting file to cut the striped overlay. The file has many options and sizes for three background files.
Inside
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Everyday Shapes Window Card Topper Cards
This week at The Cutting Cafe, we could choose any file we wanted. I needed a couple cards so I chose the Everyday Shapes Window Card Tops. The file has several cut out shapes that you can add as toppers to your cards. I used the flower version…
There are many shapes in the file. this one is the flower.
I kept it simple for the inside.
And one of the two star versions…
This one uses cascading stars.
Here is the inside of the star version.
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Bat and Ball Cards
This week I combined Man Card Mondays and my The Cutting Cafe design team project. Baseball season just started so I decided to use that theme as this was a free week and we could choose any file we wanted to.
I chose to use the Bat and Ball Shaped Card Set and made two different cards.
Ball Card Close Up
Baseball Bat Close Up
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My Man Card Mondays YouTube series is meant to share inspiration, techniques, and ideas with you for making cards for the men and boys in your life. Thanks for stopping by! Missed my other episodes? Check out my previous posts to see them…
#1 – Valentines
#2 – Z Fold Card and Process
#3 – Foil…Aluminum that is
#4 – Retro Music
#5 – March Madness
#6 – St. Patrick’s Day
#7 – Easter Cross
#8 – Pop Out Book Vintage Birthday Card
Thanks so much for stopping by! Before you go I have this week’s video…
Pop Out Book Vintage Birthday Card
Woot Woot! I am on the eighth week of my YouTube series Man Card Mondays! I hope that you have found some inspiration to help you with cards for the men in your life! Today’s card looks pretty simple from the outside. But when the recipient opens it up, bam…
Inside
There is a pop out book insert. You can use any theme you want. I chose to go with a vintage feel and used numbers and words for the pattern and sentiments. I also added some little black corner stickers and metal numbers.
You could also use wooden embellishments to keep it vintage or maybe brighten it up with metal pieces. I also matted the back…
Back
There are tutorials and electronic files out there that will show you how to make this card. Give a card with a little extra! Thanks for stopping by. Before you go, check out my video…
Masculine Cross Shaped Card
This week I combined Man Card Mondays and my The Cutting Cafe design team project to create this Easter Card. I used three files from The Cutting Cafe:
The Cross Shaped Card Set, the Believe Shaped Word Card, and Easter Mini Words Printable Stamps.
I used shades of rust and the pop of color is red. I whipped out an old paper pad to find the rugged wood paper for the cross overlay. The inside is plane for now until I decide who will received the card.
Inside
In my video below, I share some possible sentiments and matting ideas. Make sure you head to The Cutting Cafe Blog on the 7th and 21st of each month to see the design team posts. Leave a comment and you just might win three free files of your choice!
Thanks for stopping by! Before you go, here’s my video…
For my sixth episode of my YouTube series Man Card Mondays, I decided to tackle St. Patrick’s Day since that is coming up on Friday. This card can be for any man in your life depending on the sentiment you add to the inside which looks like this…
I just double matted the inside. I plan to add a cream or light green mat with sentiment on the right side.
I thought the Beers to you was clever and you have a ton of choices to use for the inside sentiment. I give several in my video, which can be viewed below, but a couple of examples are: and the luck of the Irish too or I am lucky to have you in my life.
Thanks for stopping by, Happy St. Patrick’s Day early, and take a peek at my video before you go!
It’s March Madness time! Send a just because card!
Hey everyone! Welcome to Man Card Mondays #5! In honor of March Madness, this card can be sent to a male friend, relative, spouse, just to say hello or acknowledge their love of the tournament.
Here are a few sentiments that are ideas for you…
Sentiment Option 1
Sentiment Option 2
If you are a March Madness widow, sentiment 3 is for you if you are a crafter lol!
Or just write a note to say hello! This can also just be a birthday card for someone who likes or plays basketball. Thanks for stopping by. For all the details, check out my video below!
Woo hoo! Welcome to Man Card Mondays #4! Today if you have a retro man in your life, I have a couple nice card ideas for you. First up this retro record player or turntable…
Retro Turntable Card
You can add a lot of different catchy sentiments from You Rock to You are Old! I give several possibilities in the video below. Next is a card I made last year but fits right into the theme…
Cassette Card I Made Last Year
It is so stinkin’ cool! I just love it. So if you have a retro man, the album or the cassette version, either of these cards would be great to make and give. Thanks for stopping by and I will see you next week for another Man Cards Monday! Take a look at my video before you go…
Welcome to the third installment of my YouTube series Man Card Mondays! Today I am focusing on adding a touch of metallic on cards with foil. But, I am not using foiled cardstock. I went to my kitchen and got out some good ‘ole aluminum foil!
The silver front is embossed aluminum foil.
If you are not a huge user of foil, then you just might not want to buy a whole pad of paper, or spend $2 on one sheet. Well, aluminum foil can help you out. It can be embossed, die cut, punched, alcohol inked, and as I found out, can be cut in an electronic cutting machine.
Here is the first panel. I embossed the red cardstock with a metal plate pattern.
The card fully opened with a pocket for a gift card.
I also made a second card. I don’t have a sentiment on it as I don’t know what I am going to use it for yet. But I cut the tools out with my Silhouette Cameo. They came out great!
The tools are cut from aluminum foil.
I give a few tips and show how you can color the aluminum foil in my video below. Thanks for stopping by!
Z Fold Thank You Card
Today is the second installment of my YouTube series, Man Card Mondays! This week I focused on a specialty fold card – the Z fold.
Here is the front opened up…
Front Side
And the back opened up…
Back Side
Thanks for stopping by and visiting. You can check out the video below. I had some recording issues, but I shared the process after I showed the card.
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